hamas, hezbollah, who 's next? michael ramirez and his waiting room , the disposal of dictators. number 13, apparently, is asak, and number 14 is aliha manii, the supreme leader of iran. the red screen says, now serving number 13. simon regis from tanzania on middle east politics, uncle sam driving the paver, an israeli flag on the drum, a sign.

history of american interventions, however, are actively working on this issue. both american parties, with the exception, again, far right far left forces, are convinced that iran should not be allowed to cross the nuclear threshold. i always say that iran is not north korea. north korea did not contribute to the collapse of the niao system because of the specific situation in east asia, where the main threat is china. therefore, us allies can safely hide under the american

nuclear umbrella, without having to acquire their own nuclear arsenal, in the case of iran and the middle east, this does not work, erdogan is seeking to get a nuclear bomb as fast as possible, not about why there are only five legitimate nuclear weapons holders, now is the decisive moment, so do not be too precise in your actions, iran must be stopped. nuclear facilities, against iranian how do you assess whether iran will be able to respond in order to cause significant damage to israel. we see the intentions of the iranians their willingness to act, but if we assess the consequences of two fairly powerful missile salvos fired early on october 1, we will see that as a result of the first a girl was seriously injured, but she recovered thanks to the efforts of doctors, the second resulted in the death of a palestinian from gas in jericho.

that's all of the serious consequences, our cities and bases did suffer some material damage, but nothing that would change our lives happened, and i don't think the iranians are capable of more, they could have harmed us, but now their capabilities are limited, the main tool for harming israel was hezbollah attacks, but they are now effectively excluded from the equation, this is the decisive outcome of the war. so, the israeli interlocutor believes that the trump administration will support the strike on iran, in washington, however, there is no such confidence. trump has no sympathy for iran, but he categorically does not want to get involved in wars in the middle east, decisions that he did not make that he will not be able to control. in principle, he likes the idea of ​​a deal with iran. note the difference between trump and biden and other american presidents.

relations with those who are already allies the us likes to strengthen but is not interested in working on agreements with america's adversaries and rivals, putin, north korea, iran, trump is the opposite, he is not interested in strengthening alliances, he is skeptical about them, but he is very attracted to the idea of ​​making deals with countries that are enemies or at least rivals of america, so the idea of ​​a deal with iran in his... push iran away. what could the situation in the region is extremely unclear and risky, what trump clearly will not like is if israel worsens incomprehensibility. and i don't think israel will dare to strike after trump's arrival in the white house, and as this event approaches, the probability decreases.

is capable of radically weakening iran, which will eliminate the possibility of a deal between the us and iran, which will not allow iran to recover from the damage inflicted. look at what they are doing in syria, they do not know what kind of regime will be there, it could even be a democratic government friendly to israel, it does not matter, they bomb all military targets, because israel follows the classical approach, intentions are not important, potentials are important. the states are not as confident that iran has nothing to respond with as israel is. syria's losses are certainly great damage to iran and the israeli strikes on october 26 have significantly reduced iran's ability to defend itself and strike back. but

it is not very clear how much iran's defense is compromised. yes, israel chose serious targets, but there were reports that the israelis were planning three to five waves of attacks, there were only two. and the reason is that they encountered previously unknown iranian systems. iran's air defenses are unlikely to be very strong, but we cannot be sure of their condition. the more important question is: have the israelis been able to truly degrade iran's retaliatory capability? we saw an iranian strike on october 1, and they managed to penetrate almost all israeli air defense systems with a large number of missiles. iran's nuclear program began back in the days of shah mohammed rizavi, who tried to reform the country and to do so create a full nuclear infrastructure. the first reactor appeared in the tihran center in 67 and was american. in the late seventies, under an agreement with the french, they began to build a second nuclear center

in vesfahan, but in seventy-nine , an islamic revolution took place in the country. the new government initially refused to build a nuclear power plant, but after a few years. returned to the topic of the atom. after september 11, president bush included iran in the axis of evil and tried to isolate the country in every possible way. in late 2006, sanctions were imposed by the un security council. in july 2015 , the joint comprehensive plan of action (jcpoa), or the iran nuclear deal, was signed under obama. tsyrants gradually lifted sanctions, in exchange iran agreed to place its nuclear projects under the control of the iaea, but in may 2018 donald trump withdrew from the deal and reimposed american sanctions. in the spring of 2021, with the arrival of joe biden in the white house, the parties began negotiations to restore the deal. by the fall of 2022

, the process was effectively paralyzed. today iran's main nuclear facilities are the orak heavy water plant, the sagan and gachchin uranium mines, the fordow uranium enrichment plant, the tehran, parchin, natandz nuclear centers, and the only nuclear power plant in bushehr. last summer, the iranians commissioned 16 new cascades of centrifuges for uranium enrichment. in september, foreign minister abbas araghchi announced tehran's readiness to return to negotiations on restoring the iran nuclear deal, but under new conditions. and in november, iran has announced its intention to install about 6,000 new centrifuges at the ford and natanz nuclear sites. according to iaea experts, iran already has almost 165 kg of uranium enriched to 60%. in july of this

year, secretary of state blinken said that tehran could reach nuclear weapons production capacity within weeks. "we have probably never come so close to iran being ready to change its attitude towards nuclear weapons, there is noticeable irritation within the ruling class, that no steps have been taken towards nuclear weapons so far, instead a line of strategic patience has been pursued, the responsibility for this falls on the supreme leader, he has been slow, passive, acted later than necessary, and less than necessary when required, the response has been successful in..." i do not think the west will ever truly be able to come to terms with the loss of iranian oil, it would very much like to have

it back. the new american president ardently believes in american dominance in the energy sector, this means he will want to control the world energy. this desire of his will have consequences for russia as well. trump intends to control american energy resources, which will be supplied to europe at high prices, energy resources of the middle east, the persian gulf countries. he would like to include iran in his sphere of control. iran is the second most important target of the usa, because the focus of american foreign policy will still be on china. china consumes 93% of iranian oil, as well as iraqi oil. relying on iran and iraq for energy cannot provide china with adequate energy security. eliminating iran and iraq, and the us controls iraq anyway, since all financial resources are

in new york, will have a devastating effect on china, because it will face difficulties in implementing its five-year plan due to the elementary lack of energy resources. oil is an attractive substance, it is true. everyone is not averse to expanding their access to storage facilities. in addition iran is. another country with a lot of oil, a system that is wrong from the american point of view, and against which many sanctions were imposed, and this is venezuela. trump almost approved an invasion there in 2019, openly talked about regime change, but it didn’t work out. by the way, his closest ally rick grinnell, who was running for the post of secretary of state. trump has so far appointed another one.

it must be said that the execution of the president’s decree was taken very seriously, all government agencies, universities and schools had to be decorated according to the christmas tradition, and shops and shopping centers, in addition to the festive decorations , also had to play christmas music. christmas in venezuela has always been considered the most important holiday of the year and it is customary to prepare for it in advance. the christmas tree is decorated on december 1st. school holidays begin on the tenth. well, and most importantly - aguinaldos, as bonuses or thirteenth salaries are called here, are given out around the same dates. this year, the venezuelans themselves, by the way, are big party-goers seem to be getting tired of the never-ending holiday. here, i'm hanging up the christmas tree decorations, we're the last ones to decorate. the store, somehow there was no time, but our sales have increased significantly during these months, especially for christmas sweets, today we took

a day off to decorate the store, otherwise it really is christmas on nasu. the shift in the dates of the celebration of the bright holiday is explained by the fact that citizens are tired of politics and sanctions. therefore, nicolas maduro decided to instill joy in the souls of citizens a couple of months earlier than christmas. well, what better way to boost the christmas spirit than with gifts? a motorcycle is the main alternative to public transport in venezuela. that's when the christmas miracles began. suddenly, the caracos were literally flooded with newly-minted motoricas, hastily taking out state-issued motorcycles on credit. it seems to me that this postponement of christmas will benefit the venezuelan economy. many citizens have been buying various goods, gifts to relatives and friends. this is how the money turnover in the country is formed. indeed, holiday paraphernalia stores are literally overflowing with christmas decorations. christmas tree toys and canadian trees, although the demand for them is small, how much does this

tree cost? 300 dollars, but for you 280, buying a real canadian tree in recent years has become an unaffordable luxury for most venezuelans, and the prices for artificial chinese analogues of christmas trees, to put it mildly, are prickly, with children's gifts the situation no easier, how much does this bear cost, this little one costs 40 dollars. along with october christmas , pre-christmas inflation has also hit venezuela, despite the fact that prices have long been set not in ballyvar. in dollars, but they are growing, most citizens go to christmas markets simply as an excursion, and they try not to take their children with them so as not to upset them, but still venezuelans are incorrigible dreamers and despite a decade of life under tough sanctions and hyperinflation, many sincerely believe in pre-new year miracles. ronald barney, a former

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this is the senate program in the studio of georgy podgorny and here we talk about decisions that are made in the interests of citizens of a large country. in this issue 24 plenary sessions, more half a thousand adopted laws that determine the course of our country in times of challenges. the federation council sums up the results of the year. based on the number of legislative initiatives submitted by senators, this year has become a real one. the still stalled garbage reform, issues of development of the north, integration of the unified regions, the most pressing issues for the country are being dealt with by the upper chamber together with the federal government and regional parliaments, i would like to express special words of gratitude to the regions, the chief, who is actively involved in the restoration of populated areas points of donbass and novorossiya. 40% of utility lines

have exceeded their standard service life and need to be replaced, the federation council reports. how will they solve the problem?

peace comes to all corners of their native land as quickly as possible. so that russia's fundamental priorities are victory, family and sovereignty. with these words , valentina matviyanko closed the autumn session of the federation council. according to her, these three. during 24 plenary sessions , 560 laws were approved, many of which were initiated by senators. by number. submitted by senators legislative initiatives, this year has become a truly record-breaking one, but the most important thing is that their content and meaning

fully corresponded to the times in which we live. in general, i am pleased to note that the initiatives that are born on the platform of the federation council often become a kind of starting point for solving the most pressing problems - state tasks, problems that concern our citizens. our actions have always been focused primarily on the result for specific solution of specific problems. it is this approach, colleagues, that ensures the authority of the federation council and its weight in the political system of russia. the agenda of the final plenary session of the year was busy. 90 laws were submitted for consideration, almost all of them were approved. among the innovations. toughening of responsibility for involving children and teenagers in a crime, the maximum prison term for such actions will be 10 years.

a significant senatorial amendment was introduced for the second reading of the bill, it exempts doctors from the criminal code for their use of clinical recommendations in the treatment process. according to the federation council, this will help stop the current practice of punishing doctors for actually carrying out their professional activities. raised many questions among doctors and patients. appeals from all over the country were received by the federation council. valentina matviyenko suggested that murashka consider a phased introduction of the innovation.

once again, go over the new clinical recommendations with the professional community, if something needs to be clarified, something is missing or not, this is normal, these are not dead documents, yes, which, so that there is approval of the professional community for each component there. another important law increases fines for traffic violations. the innovation comes into force in january. the most serious increase for repeated driving without an osago policy. instead of 800 rubles. for this you will have to pay 5,000. such a norm was developed as part of the fight against auto fraudsters. most fines will not increase that much , approximately one and a half times. for not wearing a seat belt or driving through a red light, you will be fined 1,500 rubles. but. violating the rules of stopping or parking will cost 2,250 rubles, and the maximum fine for speeding, driving into the oncoming lane, or repeated driving through a red light will reach

7,500. driving a vehicle while intoxicated will be punishable by a serious fine of 45,000 rubles. by the end of the year, the plenary session we'll come back a bit later, but for now let's move on to the second key event of this parliamentary week. the hopes placed on the waste reform have not been justified, it has become similar to degradation and regression. valentina matviyenko made this statement at a meeting of the council of legislators, a representative body that unites the heads of federal and regional parliaments to develop a unified policy on the most pressing issues. the system for handling solid municipal waste is one of the most painful topics in the country. it is no coincidence that it became one of the central issues at the council. according to valentin matvienko, the launch of the garbage reform 6 years ago assumed the construction of.

you are talking about municipal and regional authorities having to buy, please tell me how much money regional operators collected from the population at the end of last year, no one has this information, we have difficulty and i am not even sure that the figure has been fully verified, the population paid 280 billion rubles for garbage removal, can anyone answer where? system in one chain of waste removal several responsible according to the current for accumulation of waste in container sites cleanliness

and arrangement of bunkers are noted by local authorities. the task of the regional operator is to collect them garbage truck and take to the waste sorting site, from where part of the waste is sent for recycling, and part for disposal, while the construction of waste processing plants and organization of landfills is carried out in accordance with the federal program, and these are other powers sources of financing, both budgetary and extra-budgetary, while there is still a high degree of waste residues that go to landfill, yes, it is necessary to minimize.

the federal headquarters was created by the federation council in june. it is personally supervised by deputy prime minister dmitry patrushev. over the course of six months of joint work, eight bills have been developed. one of them shifts responsibility for the maintenance of the container site from municipal authorities to the regional operator, which will relieve local budgets of an unbearable financial burden. these and others federal and regional authorities were able to work out initiatives together once again at the council of legislators. the council of legislators' sessions lasted 2 days. alexey mak will tell about other issues that parliamentarians discussed. the integration of reunited regions into the legal, economic and social system of russia became another topic of the council of legislators. a lot has been done in this area in 2 years. 6.0 apartment buildings, 3,500 km of roads, 1,500 educational institutions have been built and restored. the first vice-speaker of the federation council, andrey yatskin, spoke about this at the meeting

. he heads.

donbass the legislators of crimea share their experience with the deputies of novorossiya. for this, the regions created a joint commission on integration. we want to gather an expanded circle of the commission meeting to include the municipal level, because they have formed it relatively recently based on the results of the last elections. and of course, to keep abreast of those technical issues the moscow city duma signed an agreement with kherson and zaporizhia legislative assemblies, the capital's deputies shared their experience in legislation on regulation of the digital sphere. within the framework of these agreements, we have everything from work on legislation related to digital, modernization of our society, with digitalization of various processes, with artificial intelligence. thanks to this, the reunited entities will expand the list of services available in electronic form, including the preparation of

documents for receiving social. payments experience in improving social legislation deputies of the sverdlovsk region shared with colleagues from donbass, a whole complex of measures to support families with children has been developed in the region, maternity capital, the possibilities of which we are expanding, there are benefits for gasification, for water disposal, heat removal, transport taxes, the possibility of visiting museums, land, the possibility of receiving compensation for land, the implementation of the law on northern delivery, thanks to documents since this year a centralized system for the delivery of vital goods to the northern regions of the country has been introduced. senators took an active part in the development of the law, so on their initiative the list of goods of northern import was expanded, only medicines, it contains about one and a half thousand names. our committee monitors this situation, for this period we have feedback from those regions which import, moreover.